The Three Body Problem trailer for the new Netflix adaptation is out. I must say I am very skeptical of this one. This being one of my favorite books I have my doubts that they will do it justice. I'm sure it will be visually interesting and everything, but that's not really the point. Especially not for book 1.
I recently watched both the Tencent live adaptation as well as the animated adaptation of The Dark Forest and sometimes I feel like these books were better left on paper. The live show wasn't bad or anything it just has a different feel to it on screen that's hard to understand.
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I am not at all confident that anyone, least of all these two chuckleheads, are capable of adapting this series faithfully. IMO this is a story best kept to the page, at least for now.
I'm expecting original Dune (1984) levels bad.
I love Dune! Both the 1984 version and the new one.
I personally couldn't get past the camp, but I will give you this - it's a real vibe.
Well what they adapted from the books was good, the problem came when there was no more books.
But I agree, not a lot of confidence. Worst that can happen, I'll be surprised for the best.
Well, GOT was a Western novel being adapted for TV to suit a Western audience. I fear what they will do with 3BP, given it's very Chinese centric mindset. Even the English translation of the novel had to move a few chapters around to make sense to us.
That's totally fair! I just still feel so burned on the ending of GoT lol and The Remembrance of Earth's Past is my favorite Sci Fi series so I died a little when I heard they were adapting it.
I’m willing to be surprised by something good, even if it’s not faithful to the books.
Books vs television are such different media, and the high production costs of science fiction seem to drive towards adaptation for a mass audience.
100%, and I am not precious about faithfulness if the changes made improve the end product. I think this series is so weird though I actually have trouble imagining what adaptations will be made to suit the television format!
Yeah, I was excited for this until I saw who was making it! I'm going to give it a shot, but like you I'm not confident it will work as a TV show. Maybe if they did book 1 + book 2 as the first season.
I'm of two minds. I don't trust these two to do a good adaptation, but on the other hand I don't like the books anyway. So maybe that'll cancel out and something good will result?
I know the series is not everyone's cup of tea for totally legitimate reasons - there are definitely a few easy wins but I just think the producers will double down on the worst parts of the book and will screw up the best parts. We shall see!